Recognised as Colour

#7841B7

#7841B7
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#7841B7 is a violet with RGB values 120, 65, 183 and HSL 268°, 48%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#7841B7

RGBrgb(120, 65, 183)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.2549, 0.7176

RGB percentages47.1%, 25.5%, 71.8%

HSLhsl(268, 47.6%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(268, 64.5%, 71.8%)

CMYK34.4%, 64.5%, 0%, 28.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,881,143

CSS custom property--colour: #7841B7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11193WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness103 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.48:1

Contrast with white6.48:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#555555

Inverted#87BE48

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005DBBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#135DB4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original

Tritanopia#6B5B76no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 10.5 Slate blue · ΔE 13 Medium slateblue · ΔE 18 Medium purple · ΔE 18.6 Medium orchid · ΔE 19.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 19.4

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 10.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#80B741

Analogous#4145B7, #B341B7

Triadic#B77841, #41B778

Split complementary#B7B341, #45B741

Tetradic#B74145, #80B741, #41B7B3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E1D4F0

Lighter +30%#C7AFE2

Lighter +20%#AC89D5

Lighter +10%#9263C8

Darker −10%#5F3491

Darker −20%#47266C

Darker −30%#2E1946

Darker −40%#150C20

More saturated +25%#7622D6

Less saturated −25%#7A6098

Channel breakdown

R120

G65

B183

Red120 (47.1%)

Green65 (25.5%)

Blue183 (71.8%)

Hue267.97°

Saturation (HSL)47.58%

Lightness48.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 78 · G 41 · B B7

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